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H. M.-ALL]E1N.

I PAD FOR corms, BUNIONS, No. 592,040 Patented Oct. 19,1897.

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NITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY M. ALLEN, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. I

PAD FOR'CORNS, BUNION'S, 80C.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 592,040, dated October 19, 1897.

Application filed July 18, 13 96.

ferial No. 599,610. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY M. ALLEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Protectors for Corns, Bunions, and the Like; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof. I

My invention relates especially to devices for the protection and comfort of feet afflicted with corns, bunions, enlarged joints,

and the like; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be fully set forth hereinafter and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings,'Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device in the process of manufacture. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the completed article.

Referring to the drawings, A, Fig. 1, represents the outer covering, which may be of any suitable soft or yielding material, such as felt, and is preferably originally of a double-U form.

B represents the inner stiffening-plate, of U form, but smaller than the outer covering, and may be of any suitable firm but flexible material, such as tin-plate, it being preferable that said material may be capable of being bent, to adapt it to the part of the foot to which it is to be applied, and also desirable that the part B should retain the shape to which it is bent.

One side of the part A is covered with any suitable adhesive material, such as paste, and the part B laid thereon, as shown in Fig. 1, and then the other half of the part A is brought over, so that the article shall appear as in Fig. 2. It is practicable to form the outer covering of two distinct and separate U-shaped"pieces,but ordinarily I prefer toemploy one doubled piece, as shown in Fig. 1. The adhesive material firmly unites the two halves of the outer covering, and the stiffening-plate B is thus securely embedded between them. 7 Y

The use of my device will be apparent from the foregoing description of its construction taken in connection with the accompanying drawings. It is placed upon the part of the foot to be protected, so that the corn, bunion,

or other diseased part will come within the open space between the two arms of the device, and when necessary the device will be bent sothat it will effectually embrace and protect the'sore or diseased part and better remain in place, especially when the corn, bunion, or other part to be protected comes upon the side or is adjacent to the edge of the foot, or of a toe thereof, and by reason of having one end of the device open, conformity to the shape of the foot can be betterobtained thereby, as in many instances the two arms of the device would be differently bent or inclined.

While primarily intended for use with corns and bunions my device is equally well adapted to protect sores, cuts, and bruises from injury resulting from contact therewith or pressure thereon of hard or unyielding substances, and will be found of great service in treating the foot or other part of the body where there are chilblain-s, callous places, or other unnatural and painful conditions.

While I prefer to unite the two halves of the outer .covering A by paste as described,

they may be secured together by stitching if desired in any instance, this being immaterial, so long as the stiffening-plate B is embedded in the soft flexible pad formed of the covering A, whether by means of paste, or by stitching or other fastening devices, or both.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. A protector for corns, bunions, enlarged joints and the like, comprising a flat or plane surfaced doubled pad of soft or yielding material, having an opening extending from the center through one end thereof, and a stiffening-plate of firm but readily-bendable nonresilient material interposed between the outer layers of the pad, substantially as set forth. r

2. A protector for corns, bunions, enlarged joints, and the like, comprising a flat or plane surfaced U-shaped pad composed of two lay ers of soft or yielding material, and a fiat or plane surfaced metallic non-resilient bendable stiffening-plate of similar shape but less size, interposed between the outer layers of the pad, substantially as set forth.

3. A protector for corns, bunions, enlarged joints and the like, comprising a flat or plane surfaced doubled pad of soft or yielding material, having an opening extending inward from one edge thereof, and a metallic nonresilient bendable stiifening-plate of similar form interposed between the said layers of soft material, whereby there is formed a body and two arms, the latter being capable of being bent independently of each other, and retaining the form to which they are bent, substantially as set forth.

4. A protector for corns, bunions, enlarged joints, and the like, comprising a flat or plane surfaced U -shaped pad composed of two outer layers of soft or yielding material and a flat or plane surfaced metallic non-resilient bendable stiffening-plate of similar shape but less size interposed between said outer layers,said

layers and the interposed plate being held together by adhesive material, but the outer surface of the pad being free from adhesive material, and the said pad being capable of being bent from time to time to conform to the shape of the part of the foot to which it is to be applied, and to retain the shape, and its place thereon, free from union with the foot or foot-coverin g of the wearer, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of \Viscousin, in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY M. ALLEN.

Witnesses:

HAROLD G. UNDERWOOD, B. O. ROLOFF. 

